KILKEEDY

In 1868, the parish of Kilkeedy contained the following places:

"KILKEEDY, a parish in the barony of Pubblebrien, county Limerick, province of Munster, Ireland, 4 miles S.W. of Limerick. It contains the principal part of the village of St. Patrick's Well. Clarina is its post town. The parish is 5 miles long by 1½ mile broad. The surface stretches along the right bank of the river Maigue. The interior is crossed by the road from Limerick to Askeaton. The living is a rectory and vicarage in the diocese of Limerick, value £769, in the patronage of the crown. The church was built in 1814 by a loan from the late Board of First Fruits. It has been subsequently enlarged. There are two united Roman Catholic chapels and six day schools in the parish. Elm Park is the seat of Lord Clarina. Tervoe and Cooper Hill are other seats. Carrigagunnell Castle, the stronghold of the O'Briens, the ancient heritors, stood on a rocky eminence overhanging the Shannon, and was blown up in 1689."

"ST. PATRICKSWELL, a post-office village in the parishes of Kilkeedy, Killonahan, and Mungret, in the barony of Pubblebrien, county Limerick, province of Munster, Ireland, 5 miles S.W. of Limerick, and 124 from Dublin. It is a station on the Great Southern and Western railway. It is situated on an affluent of the river Maigue, and on the road from Limerick to Tralee. It is a long and straggling village, containing a police station and a dispensary, which last is within the Limerick poor-law union. Petty sessions are held in the village. There are several seats in the vicinity. The well which gives name to the place is said to have been dedicated to St. Patrick. Fairs are held on 26th February, 28th May, 16th June, 14th and 20th October, and 18th December.

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018